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THE 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St.. N. Y. 
r Possible Injury to Trees and Land. 
On page 480 you say, in speaking of 
the positiou taken by scientists towards 
plant and tree life: 
“It is my conviction, however, that in 
the future we are to learn many new 
tilings about plant diseases and bacterial 
life. Thus far. I think, most scientific 
men rather scoff at the idea that we may 
feed certain’ substances to the plant or 
tree and so affect the sap that it may 
influence a disease like blight or rust 
or rot!” 
I firmly believe you voice the .senti¬ 
ments of a great army of workers not 
satisfied with positive assertions contra¬ 
dicted in practice. Regarding the ability 
to feed substances into a tree, plant or 
soil, practice and theory do not agree. 
Long and thorough tests in Colorado 
proved that arsenic used in spraying 
found its way into root, branches and 
stem of trees, causing death, the presence 
of arsenic being determined by careful 
tests. In one case, where a sprayer was 
dumped into a drain, it was found that 
roots of the tree penetrating said drain 
contained enough arsenic to kill roots 
and branches, growers of cranberries 
have told me experience taught them that 
the life of the soil was materially re- 
' duced, if not destroyed, by the continued 
use of arsenical sprays. 
Potato growers of long experience re¬ 
port their inability to reach normal pro¬ 
duction on fields where this crop has held 
its place in rotation and arsenical sprays 
relied on. Being tin indestructible min¬ 
eral poison, its accumulation in the soil 
must sometimes injure the productive 
power of tin* soil. Experience has taught 
moi that sulphur not only protects seed, 
hut plays a more or less important part 
in feeding, and especially protecting 
growth, the ratio varying according to 
the character, condition and quality of 
the soil. There’s- so much we don’t know 
it behooves) every man to be a humble 
student and experimenter, certainly to 
seek patiently for protective age-uts abso¬ 
lutely free from possibility of injury to 
soil, plant, tree, bees, birds or consumers. 
Maine. george m. twitchktx. 
Potatoes Grown Under Straw 
I have a number of tons of wet straw. 
Is it practical to cover potatoes with 
straw? What is the method of planting? 
Uuiondale, Pa. M. o. R. 
Yes. this is practical and often profit¬ 
able. We have often grown good crops 
by this method. We prepare tin* ground 
thoroughly and work manure or fertilizer 
into the soil. The potatoes are planted 
IS in. or 2 ft. apart each way. about 8 in. 
under ground. Before they come up the 
entire patch or field is covered about 8 in. 
deep with straw. That is all. The po¬ 
tato plants grow up through the straw. 
Very few weeds work through and these 
may be pulled out. Down urnler the 
straw the soil is ever moist and cool, and 
the tubers grow large and smooth. In a 
very wet season the plan does not work 
so well. The potatoes are more likely 
rot. In a normal season the plan wo 
well. Some growers simply put the s \ 
pieces right on top of the soil and tlm 
the straw over them. 
Fruit Growers Unite in Massachusetts 
The - Naslioba Fruit Association has 
been formed in the apple belt of Middle¬ 
sex and Worcester counties. Mass. An 
apple school of two days in January was 
held by the Farm Bureau, with the Mas¬ 
sachusetts Agricultural College co-oper¬ 
ating. The project of an association was 
presented, a committee chosen, which re¬ 
ported February 4. and on February 18 
the association organized with 12*2 char¬ 
ter members, and applications received 
since make over 200. A third meeting 
was held March 8. The association was 
formed to put this section, where the 
finest Baldwin and McIntosh apples are 
raised, on the map. The meetings tire 
ln-ld in West Acton. A good programme 
has been presented at each meeting, and 
a large attendance testifies as to tlu- in¬ 
terest. These meetings are in line with 
the field meetings held last Summer, 
when on one trip through Littleton, Ac¬ 
ton. Storr- Hudson and Marlboro, nearly 
200 auto.* were in line, and nearly 1,000 
people visited the finest orchard in the 
T'nited States, the Marshall orchards of 
Fitchburg, on the second trip. One ten¬ 
ure held Here was the vote ou varieties 
for this section, resulting in McIntosh. 
Baldwin. Gravenstein. Wealthy. Astra- 
ehan and Duchess leading, and Williams 
and Yellow Transparent close. A com¬ 
mittee appointed In... purchased fertilizer 
and spray supplies to the value of about 
I $5,000. making a saving of a few hun¬ 
dreds to the members. e. it. T. 
West Acton. Mass. 
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Walking 3 ft. type specially made for 
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Improves texture, increases humus, saves 
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